Colorado § 14-10-120.5 - Petition - fee - assessment - displaced homemakers fund.
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§ 14-10-120.5. Petition - fee - assessment - displaced homemakers fund.
(1) There shall be assessed against a nonindigent petitioner a fee of five dollars for each filing of a petition for dissolution of marriage, declaration of invalidity of marriage, legal separation, or declaratory judgment concerning the status of marriage. All such fees collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the displaced homemakers fund created pursuant to section 8-15.5-108, C.R.S.
(1.5) There shall be assessed against a nonindigent petitioner a fee of five dollars for each filing of a petition for dissolution of a civil union, declaration of invalidity of a civil union, legal separation, or declaratory judgment concerning the status of a civil union. All such fees collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the displaced homemakers fund created pursuant to section 8-15.5-108, C.R.S.
(2) Notwithstanding the amount specified for the fee in subsection (1) or (1.5) of this section, the chief justice of the supreme court by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of the fee if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402 (3), C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of the fee is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the chief justice by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the amount of the fee as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.
Source: L. 80: Entire section added, p. 455, § 2, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 1330, § 40, effective June 1. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-038), ch. 119, p. 498, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 163, § 15, effective May 1.
Cross references: For the docket fees for dissolution of marriage actions, see § 13-32-101.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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